KELVIN D. ALLEN
Ellenwood,USA
Summary
Experienced funeral service professional prepared for this role. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in planning, coordination, and client support. Reliable and adaptable to changing needs.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Funeral Director
Young Funeral Home
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2007 - Current
- Assist with funeral arrangements involving planning and organizing the details of a funeral service, including the selection of a casket, burial or cremation, and other aspects of the ceremony.
- Assist with securing and filing burial permits and coordinated funeral arrangements with numerous city and private organization to ensure proper compliance with codes.
- Preserve and sanitize bodies through the embalming process for public viewing.
- Assisted with performing all aspects of funeral directing including the selling of funeral merchandise and assisted with funeral ceremonies and general funeral arrangements.
- Assist bereaved families in planning the details of their loved funeral and or cremation services.
- Assist with applying for the transfer of any pensions, insurance policies, or annuities on behalf of survivors.
- Assist families with prepaid burial policies by putting monies into insurance policies and trust accounts.
- Assist with removable of the deceased from the place of death, completed legal documentation, filed death certificates, and filed insurance claims.
- Assist with processing all insurance claims for services and informed survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Prepares the prep room where the body is viewed. Orders all supplies for the prep room, as well as inventory and track inventory.
- Maintained prep room and facilities.
- Assisting with necessary paperwork involves filing documents and contracts as required by state and local law.
- Assist with paperwork in arranging and directing funerals and memorial services, including cremations.
- Assist with completing all necessary paperwork and filed paperwork as required by state and local law.
- Arrange and direct funerals and memorial services file Necessary paperwork, documents, contract and permits Embalming and casketing of deceased.
- Assist with generating additional sales by improving community awareness of funeral homes through community events.
- Assist with making presentations at community events to promote funeral home services or build community relationships.
- Assist with removals involve transferring the body of the deceased from the place of death to the funeral home. perform removals from hospitals, nursing homes, morgues, and residential homes.
- Assist the families during the visitation, funeral, and memorial services.
- Completed all documentation and ordering of goods and services related to providing funeral/memorial gatherings for client families.
- Assist client families in arranging meaningful, personalized funeral and memorial services.
Senior Field Training Police Officer
Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta, Georgia
01.1992 - 01.2013
- Enforce all city and state laws.
- Supervised field training
- Assist with training of motorcycle officers.
- Conducted in escorts for funerals and special events in the city.
- Crisis Intervention Officer
United States Army
01.1988 - 01.1992
- 76Y Supply Clerk
- Issued and maintained soldiers' equipment.
- Maintained accountabilities for all supplies received.
- Ensured supplies were shipped to the correct location.
- 45B Small Arms repairmen
- Secured and maintained all weapons of the unit.
- Repaired weapons including pistols, rifles, and grenade launchers.
- Served in Desert Storm
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA01-1993
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Gupton-Jones Funeral College
Decatur, Georgia01-2024
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Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia, MA01-1993
Skills
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Communication
- Financial Management
- Conflict resolution
- Mediation
- Organization Management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Thorough understanding of methods for comforting people during grief
- Thorough understanding of laws related to funerals and funeral arrangements
- Organizational growth
Languages
English
Awards and Acknowledgements
Officer of the Quarter, Firearm Expert, Master Motorman, Motorcycle and Vehicle Instructor, US Veteran
Timeline
Assistant Funeral Director
Young Funeral Home
01.2007 - Current
Senior Field Training Police Officer
Atlanta Police Department
01.1992 - 01.2013
United States Army
01.1988 - 01.1992
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Gupton-Jones Funeral College
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Police Academy
Bachelor of Science -
Clark Atlanta University